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wanted a relationship chart. Of course, Don wasn't related to anybody. Hugo was
from a family of Eckhardts that came to South Texas from Russia in 1905. Mrs.
Barth, who ran Barth's Restaurant in Kenedy,
was also from that family. My grandfather Eckhardt was originally from New Orleans. He
moved to Texas in 1901. Mrs. Braun & Dr. Eckhardt
were either 2nd or 3rd cousins. The officer was a 4th or 5th cousin to them.
Those three were all descended from a Charles (originally Karl) Frederick Eckhardt--which
is my name--who landed at Powderhorn (Indianola)
in 1825 and, with John York, founded Yorktown.
I am related
to the Eckhardts of Yorktown
and the Hill Country, but
way back in Germany. The 'Frederick' in given names has been traditional in both
lines since the 1700s, when we had a common ancestor who was a secretary to Frederick
the Great. The traditional given names for boys in our line and in the Yorktown
line--are Karl (Charles), Georg (George), Frederick, Artur (Arthur), Wilhelm (William),
& Josef. However, when my grandfather came to the Austin
area, he had no idea there were any Eckhardts any closer than New Orleans. He
even pronounced the name 'Eckert,' and the family in Louisiana still does. However,
there is a family of Eckerts, also from the Fredericksburg
area, and he found his name was being pronounced 'Eck-heart,' so we changed the
pronunciation. |
